I have the BEST friends, OK?! They are so funny and clever and weird. And famous on the Internet, in the case of John Hansen. I’ve known him since 2012, when I joined the Teens Can Write, Too! blog chain… which he started, because he’s just so awesome that way. He’s dorky and bookish and A COMPLETE NERD OMG.

And a few months ago, he started the bestest hashtag ever, #VeryRealisticYA. Behold:

Girl politely declines to be the face of the revolution because it's junior year and she has too much homework. #VeryRealisticYA

So, basically, it’s about YA without the usual ridiculous plots – YA that actually reflects what life is like for teenagers! #VeryRealisticYA trended on Twitter, and Buzzfeed did an article about it, and I was so amused because A) my friends are utter dorks and B) I, too, want YA that actually makes sense.

Anyway, today I thought it might be fun to take a look at the LGBTQ+ #VeryRealisticYA tweets. The following tweets are my favorites because they’re hilarious and so very, very, very true!

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#VeryRealisticYA a gay girl finally feels comfortable in her sexuality, spends most of her time watching lgbt movies on Netflix

IS THIS NOT EVERY SINGLE HETEROSEXUAL BOY EVER. They are sooooo weird and I don’t understand them at all. They’re like a completely separate species. (Hetero sapiens, probably, because they just can’t stand the thought of someone calling them HOMO sapiens.)

The girl and the boy do not fall in love within seconds of meeting each other. In fact, they never do. They're both gay. #VeryRealisticYA

SO REALISTIC. And yet, I could blather on and on here about how queer people are generally good actors because, you know, WE HAVE TO BE. I spent sixteen years acting straight and everyone was completely surprised when I came out, so… yeah, I have pretty good acting skills. THE END.

group of middle school friends has one gay person in it. three years later, it turns out they're all lgbt #VeryRealisticYA

UGH I CAN SO RELATE. I only know, like, maybe three queer girls IRL… and they either already have a girlfriend, or we have very little in common. So we don’t talk to one another very often, and we’re definitely not going to end up dating.

Lgbt main characters for nothing other than the fact queer people exist #VeryRealisticYA

YES QUEER PEOPLE WITH QUEER FRIENDS OMG. Two of my best friends (one’s a guy, one’s a girl) dated each other a couple of years ago before they both came out as gay. We all thought it was like the funniest thing ever. BASICALLY I WOULD READ ALL OF THESE.

Hetero sapiens isn’t just a different species it’s an entirely different genus as well which i think really encapsulates just how different the C.I.S.***Hets are from queer ppl…

(the best one imo is the “there is more than one queer person in the world” one… idk why straight people think that more than one “Diverse” character is unrealistic… and that happens with race too omg it’s so annoying)

YESSSSS YES YES OMG. It’s really annoying, especially when I see Goodreads reviews and the person who wrote it is all like, “Why was the character a black lesbian? TOO UNREALISTIC.” Um. No? Why do people freak out so much when they think about someone who belongs to more than one minority group? Like, there are even studies and stuff about how most queer people AREN’T white.